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Iconic Texas fast food hamburger chain Whataburger has been sold to a Chicago-based merchant bank, the company confirms Friday.

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After 40 years of hearing ‘from Texas’ or Texas family it was all just a sales pitch. Never believe anything you hear, it’s all just a way to get your money. Lol I am not going this direction with the thread (it’s about anything random), but was on my mind after 40 years of hearing BS, so random post away

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One of Rohit's favorite words, escalate (a verb meaning to raise to a higher level, either literally or figuratively) was first used in the 1940s. It comes from taking the word escalator (a motorized staircase) and dropping the "or" to make a verb out of it. Kind of the opposite of what most people, myself included, would think. You would think that the word "escalate" already existed and that is why they named the motorized stairway an escalator.....because it raises people to a higher level. It is actually the opposite. The word "escalator" was made up by a company that made motorized stairways as a brand name for their product. The branding was so successful that "escalator" became a generic term for all motorized stairways (similar to kleenex, scotch tape, white out, q-tips, vasoline, etc.). It was so commonly used, that people started using the word "escalate" when referring to the act of lifting something to a higher level. Then in the 1950s, a court genericized the word "escalator" by ruling that it was a universally recognized word for a motorized stairway and would no longer be granted trademark protection. This allowed any company that sold motorized stairways and call their product an escalator.

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Cooter Brown lived near the Mason-Dixon Line during the Civil War. He didn’t want to have to choose a side to fight for as he had family on both sides so he decided to get drunk - and stay drunk - the duration of the war so he couldn’t be drafted by either side.

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This would be the perfect opportunity to go off on a meaningless rant! A good rant uses capitalized letters such as GO PISS OFF I HATE UBER AND LYFTY SUCKS!!!!!!!!! (also note the use of many exclamation points). Now for a really good meaningless rant........oh wait they are already in a ton of threads and this is supposed to be different. Ok.....nevermind.